Organizing Committee

Juan Carlos Sáez

Affiliation:

Deptamento de Fisiologia, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile and Instituto Interdisciplinario de Neurociencias de Valparaiso.

Scientific Interest:
Regulation and function of connexin and pannexin based channels in cells of the nervous and immune systems under physiological and pathological conditions.

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Viviana M. Berthoud

Affiliation:
University of Chicago, USA

Scientific Interest:
I am interested in many aspects of the regulation of gap junctions. The main focus of my research is on the effects of expression of mutant lens connexins on other lens components and the mechanisms by which they lead to cataract formation.

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Agustín Martínez

Affiliation:
Instituto de Neurociencia, Universidad de Valparaíso and Instituto Interdisciplinario de Neurociencias de Valparaiso. Chile

Scientific Interest:
We are interested in understand the molecular determinants of Gap Junction Channels biogenesis and functions in normal and pathologic conditions and in Cxs-related genetic diseases, like deafness.

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Maria Dagli

Affiliation:
Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil